Cassie Kiyoko Woodard

Cassie Kiyoko Woodard is a fiction writer and errant translator from Cupertino, California who harbors obsessions with summer fruit, marine life, and gardens. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Boise State University. Her writing explores the echoes of generational trauma in the Japanese American community she grew up in, and the intricacies of mother-daughter relationships. Her writing has been shortlisted for The Masters Review's Winter Short Story Award and their 2024 Featured Flash Contest, selected for 2024 and 2025 Glenn Balch Awards, and published in the South Dakota Review. When she is not writing, she can be found peddling her cooking (of varying quality) onto her loved ones (all of high quality).